Saint George

Walking home one day, this image suddenly came into my mind. I'm not sure what inspired it. But I wanted to make something almost completely black, with a golden halo that made it even more difficult to see because of how the human eye adjusts to high contrast.

Sam Keeper of Storming the Ivory Tower wrote a really interesting article featuring this piece! You can read it here.

Materials used: Watercolor, acrylic paint, charcoal, colored pencil